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Paralyzed surfers ride waves again

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Volunteers help 35 people with disabilities have a day of fun at Wrightsville Beach

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH It had been a long time since Will Archibald tasted salt water – much less had it go up his nose and in his eyes, and submerge his head.

All that salt put a big grin on his face Saturday, when he had a rare chance to surf the 4- to 6-foot waves crashing onto the northern stretch of Wrightsville Beach.

Archibald, 28, has been paralyzed from the chest down since a motorcycle accident in May 2009 in Cape Cod, Mass.

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